Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 262 The Mirror
From the start of brewing koji to the sale of wine everywhere, in just over three months, it has transformed from a meager wealth that has been accumulated entirely by relying on the agricultural products of feudal farmers to a professional business system with its own brand and its own monopoly.

With such blood-making skills, Shi Yuanliang and Wang Zixing were dumbfounded, they couldn't imagine the cowardly and ignorant half-children back then.

In just a few months, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

In addition to wine making, Zhao Dezhao did not stop other reforms in Fenzhou.

Jiang An was in charge of the military room, Shi Yuanliang was in charge of the torture room, and Wang Zixing was in charge of the workshop.

Once the leadership settled down, the entire Fenzhou and Qinzhou were in Zhao Dezhao's hands, and his heart was settled.

The next thing I think about is how to develop steadily and gradually strive for hegemony.

Because I remember the development trend at this time, I can imagine that there are more and more capable ministers and generals around me, and with enough soldiers and horses, I can compete in the world, but the premise of exploding soldiers is still to spend money.

Seeing that wine making is making money like this, Zhao Dezhao began to think about other good ways to make money, using two-pronged approach, or even multi-pronged approach.

Zhao Dezhao, who eats coarse salt every day, immediately thought of making refined salt. Part of the South China Sea borders the sea, and sea salt can be used.

It is very easy to make refined salt from sea salt, and Zhao Dezhao can do it.

The next step is to make soap. There are soap horns available in this world, but compared to soap, it is still much worse, and Zhao Dezhao himself made soap in his previous life.

One is to make glass mirrors.

This is somewhat difficult.

However, Zhao Dezhao felt that once the glass mirror was successfully produced and launched, the price would definitely be far higher than the first two.

Maybe even directly catch up with the liquor business.

Zhao Dezhao basically remembered the process, but he was not sure.

However, the advantage of making mirrors using local methods is that the cost is very low, so you can try it again.

Send someone to bring back the sand from the sea, burn it at high temperature to form glass liquid, and then pour it into a special container to cool.

However, there may be a problem with the cooling process. Zhao Dezhao's glass liquid could not be poured into something like a glass plate.

After many trials, just when Zhao Dezhao was about to give up, one time finally formed some defective glass that was broken and irregular.

The glass surface is uneven and has air bubbles.

However, Zhao Dezhao felt that this was enough, and he did not intend to build a square glass with a large mirror surface.
As long as it can reflect light and make a mirror, it is enough.

Although some fragments are as big as a palm, some are as big as a fist.

The important thing is that it is clearer than a bronze mirror, as long as it is easy to use.

Since electrolytic aluminum cannot be produced, it can only be soaked in mercury in a stupid way. Although the cost has increased, it has finally succeeded.

Zhao Dezhao looked at his face in this life with a mirror, full of emotions.

A total of hundreds of mirrors, large and small, were made, and those in good shape were framed and given to those close to them. Wang Zixing, Wang Zixing, Jiang An, and Liu Shishi all received friendship gifts from Zhao Dezhao.

Everything else is sold for money, and each mirror sells for twelve taels of silver.

With the product, but still lacking some serious businessmen to take care of the business, Wang Zixing obviously can't devote himself to selling baijiu now.

For the time being, Zhao Dezhao has nothing to do. He can only temporarily pick a few smart people from the pro-army to do it first. Even if the business is not done well, he can finally protect these valuable things.

In addition to making money during this period, the farming business has also progressed well. Tens of thousands of acres of barren land have been cultivated. Even if the harvest is not good this year, as long as there are no natural disasters next year, there will definitely be a bumper harvest.

"Your Highness, the most important thing in fighting for world supremacy is not the generals, but the grain and money. With money and grain, soldiers can be recruited casually. Even some discerning generals will take the initiative to come to seek refuge."

"If there is no money and no food, it means that His Highness is incompetent. How could those aspiring generals cast their pearls by mistake? So those legends are just legends. If Liu Bei has no money and no food, Zhuge Liang will not be willing to assist him if he is stupid."

Regarding Shi Yuanliang's words, Wang Zixing, who had the most say, nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, General Wei is right."

Zhao Dezhao's previous situation made him feel a little more strong.

So he summoned a group of generals and said, "Recently, everyone has performed very well. I have discussed with the military adviser and others. The county plans to select five candidates who are partial generals. As generals, the number of troops in the future can reach 3000. .”

"Then select five candidates to be in charge of the military school lieutenants, each leading a thousand troops."

"For the sake of fairness, I plan to hold a martial arts competition. By the way, we can hold two martial arts competitions every year in the future."

"The victor has an official title and a reward. What do you think?"

"Oh? All right. This will do."

"Do you hold a tournament every year? I agree!"

……

Generals, I like this kind of atmosphere the most, and almost no one objects to this suggestion.

So Zhao Dezhao decided to hold the first martial arts tournament of the year in three days.

In the current Fenzhou City, military officers and military officers are full of talents, but civil servants can only say that they are barely enough.

Xu Zhi is in charge of city management, Gong Qiu is in charge of farmland construction, Liu Yao is in charge of water conservancy irrigation, and Zhao Fan is in charge of commercial economy.

Zhao Dezhao was not idle either, he was in charge of overall control and the training and command of spies.

Zhao Dezhao has now divided the reconnaissance team into two.

Half of them are dedicated to the army, and the other half are raised to the national level, responsible for inquiring about enemy news and business secrets.

Since we want to compete for world hegemony, these will be used sooner or later, and early development will benefit early.

The personnel were all personally selected by Wang Zixing and Zhao Dezhao. Loyalty comes first, brains come second. Courage and force are the perfect candidates for spies.

This secretive department is controlled by only two people, Wang Zixing and Zhao Dezhao, and Wang Zixing also occasionally participates in some operations.

Because Zhao Dezhao knew that Wang Zixing was rescued by himself, he had the highest loyalty, and enough brains and strength.

The busiest one is Zhao Dezhao, who not only wants to make inventions.We must also focus on the military, and focus on agriculture and commerce.

Now Zhao Dezhao's inventions are limited to upgrading raw materials and developing agriculture.

For example, iron smelting technology has been improved, making knives and guns sharper but tougher, crop yields have been increased, and farm tools have been improved.

Other inventions have not been made yet, one is that they are too busy, and the other is that if the underlying development is not solid enough, directly making high-level things will not be effective.

So the civil servants are barely enough, but the generals can be said to be well-developed, and there is still capital to hold a conference.

The competition is divided into three events, and the one with the best overall score is the first.

The three events are archery, weightlifting, and martial arts competition.

The assessment levels are excellent, good, acceptable, poor and fourth, and each level can be subdivided into upper, middle, lower and third levels.

The morning is archery and weightlifting.

(End of this chapter)